"Operation Ephialtes." Someone mumbled amongst the crowd.
The words faded into the murmur of students as everyone slowly started leaving the park,heading out to their dorms, packing the things they needed. Merlin and Cedric goes along leaving that secluded space and also preparing for things they are going to need outside, but it's not going to be easy as they face something that is going to hinder them.
"What!?" A loud shout can be heard from room dorm 11 across the whole dorm of students.
"Hey can you tone down a bit, it's very loud." One student spoke, who lives next to dorm eleven.
"Someone took my snow globe." The student from dorm 11 spoke again, his tone worried.
"It's just a snowglobe. There are much more important things to worry about."
"It's not just a snowglobe—" before the student even continues a loud scream is heard at dorm number 17.
"Help!! I need help!!" "Someone took my boxers."
As the boys heard this, their faces hardened and became serious.
"This is a big problem." One student spoke from the dorm 13.
"I think someone is stealing." Another one barged in, his tone shy and reserved.
"No Shit Sherlock!" One student spoke in, his appearance was something you can never think of, you could say he was in his late thirties as he had grown such a beard but he was only 17 at this time.
His hair was silky smooth gray, his yellow eyes captivating to others but some would argue, his skin tone white as caramel.
"Who are you?" The student from dorm 11 questioned.
"Luxe Notridam."
"You look old."
"How old are you?"
"Are you the new teacher?"
"Why are you here did you fail the class?"
One by one students jeered, raising the questions, either praising him for how he looks but also mocking on how he looks.
"Stop." Luxe muttered, his tone calm and collected, it may not be loud but it sure did keep the students mouth shut.
The air grew heavy, awkward silence continued until luxe finally spoke. "Don't worry, I'll investigate. Even though some of you are a bunch of shitheads, I'll still do it."
Then luxe went ahead on his way, to investigate what was really happening.
In that commotion and all, Merlin and Cedric heard it, from the very beginning and at last.
"I think we should—" Cedric was interjected.
"You wanna also tell him that you lose your Boxers?" Merlin said, wearing his blue hoodie, topping off his white uniform.
"No I don't want to, also that's a really good hoodie. Where did you get that?" Cedric pressed his fingers against his temples.
"I already have this hoodie in my bag, maybe it was owned by Merlin." Merlin set his bag down on the floor, then looked back up. "You know it feels weird calling the name of this body, it is also starting that I am forgotting my own name."
"Is that so? Why don't you try writing your name on a specific part of your body so you won't forget." Cedric suggested, tapping his left forearm to demonstrate.
"That sounds nice actually. I forgot, going back to the topic about boxers—anyway, what's the design?" Merlin grinned leaning in closer to listen.
Meanwhile, at the park Luxe was moving from left to right , waiting for the stealer to come out, but the more he waited, his hopes catching the stealer was getting less and less.
"Come on where are you?" Luxe mumbled as he stroked his chin. "You know what? Instead of waiting, I'm going to find him."
He wandered every part of the school, until he reached the basement.
His first thought is whether the stealer would hide here but it's sure unlikely considering it's very straightforward but another thought comes across in his mind but what if...
The continuous hesitation, overthinking, he finally gives in and straight ahead goes down the basement.
To his surprise, he saw white walls with names scattered throughout.
"This school is unbelievable,is this a cu—"
Luxe held back, stopping himself to create random assumptions.
He wandered the whole basement, but he gave up, feeling disappointed at himself.
His frustration rises up, because of this, he punches a specific part of the wall, and to his surprise a door slid open on the left wall.
"Well look at that." He smirked, resting his hands on his waist and puffing out his chest.
Afterward, he strides in with no hesitation.
He walked slowly and saw pitch black, no indication of any light at all.
"Now what am I going to do?" Luxe tilted his head to the side, completely unbothered, as a single brilliant plan looped relentlessly in his mind.
'What if I clapped will it work?'
Luxe went ahead, clapping his hands.
Suddenly the room lit up, revealing continuous massive capsules.
Luxe's mood went serious, suprise by what he had seen.
"Is this where they keep the bodies?" Luxe murmured, and then he pondered.
'No. We are all a bunch of experiments and we don't know anything about it. Haha!
I might solve the biggest mysteries I've ever encountered!'
Luxe then walks at the hallway, a bunch of capsules, from left to right. At the end of the hallway he encounters one small gray pillar with a red button on top of it.
"Should I press it?" Luxe pondered once again.
'If I pressed it, will it stop all this capsule, exploding all of it? I may die, but doing this will save everyone. Here we go!!
Luxe closes his eyes and pushes the button.
'Even though I was reincarnated 20 minutes earlier, at least I did something good in my entire life.'
Luxe finally said goodbye, ready to die in an extreme explosion or so he thought.
The floor where luxe stood suddenly moved, surprising him and opening his eyes, he suddenly realized that the floor moves downward like an elevator.
'i didn't die? Maybe it's not time yet.'
He chuckled, as he bowed down his head, raising his right hand and his index finger, posing while slowly moving down.
In a span of minutes the floor reaches its final stop.
Luxe stepped outside and scanned the area. Suddenly he frozed, his mood shattered, eyes widened, and his breath came in useless, ragged gasps.
Then he pondered.
It was horrifying, a school having a basement is normal, a hidden door in the wall is surprising, a bunch of capsules is shocking, but the continuous hallway of the jail cell is horrifying — no It's much more than that, it's unexplainable. Why would a school have these? What's the purpose of detention anyway? We don't need this at all!!
He wandered the hallway starting from left and went back to the right and there he saw a student sitting, silent, hands resting on both knees.
"Hello!?" Luxe asked, slowly leaning on the bars of the jail cell.
The student raises his head and lunges forward, grabbing luxe's neck.
"Let me out." The student said.
"Ok fine, fine, but how do I open it anyway?"
Luxe croaked.
Finally the student let go of his hand on Luxe neck, with luxe gasping for air.
"Grab the key above you." The student said, pointing it out.
Luxe grabs the key from the third hook at the second row, following that luxe opened the jail cell. The student went out, pushing luxe against the wall.
"Don't tell anyone about this, follow me, this school is beyond saving."
"What beyond saving? Are you locked up by the school? What happened!?" Luxe questioned, his frustration rising up.
"The school is cursed. Believe me or not, they are a cult. After knowing their secret, they locked me down here."
Luxe crossing his arms, and pondered.
'So I am right, partially. We are not a bunch of experiments, I got reincarnated in a cult school!'
"My name is Luxe. I'll help you out." Offering his hands. The student gladly accepts, shaking luxe hands. "I'm Lancelot."
"Let's get out of here." Lancelot added.